--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shukra69" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "off_world_beings" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "off_world_beings" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Do any of the Vedic scholars here know what would be the > > most > > > > ancient > > > > > > name given for Mother Divine. I mean the actual Mother of > > the > > > > > > universe ?? (not the nuns). > > > > > > > > > > > > Maybe there is a name that appears in the Rig Veda for this? > > > > > > > > > > > > In Maharishi's Gita , I remember he gives the ages of time. > > He > > > > starts > > > > > > with Kaliyuga, and gives the length of years, then goes back > > > > through > > > > > > Sat Yug, then something else, maybe "a day of Vishnu", > > and "a > > > > day of > > > > > > Brahma", and gives the number of years, and then finally > > a "day > > > > of > > > > > > Mother Divine", for which, if my memory serves me well, he > > said > > > > the > > > > > > amount of years was unknown because it is too vast to be > > > counted. > > > > > > > > > > > > I'd really like to know the most ancient names for Mother > > > > Divine. > > > > > > Anyone know? > > > > > > > > > > ************ > > > > > > > > > > The Vedic tradition does assign a time value to the life of > > the > > > > Divine > > > > > Mother, "a single one of whose lives encompasses a thousand > > life- > > > > spans > > > > > of Lord Shiva" (MMY's Gita commentary, Ch.4, v.1). It's > > something > > > > like > > > > > 10 to the twentieth power earth years -- MMY terms the number > > of > > > > lives > > > > > of the Divine Mother as "innumerable." > > > > > > > > > > One name of the Divine Mother is "Mahamaya," it's Maya that > > > > enables the > > > > > creation to appear to start.>>> > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. This is very helpful. So are you saying that the Gita > > says > > > > Mother Divine is 1000 lifetimes of Shiva, but that her number of > > > > lifetimes are innumerable? > > > > > > *************** > > > > > > MMY's commentary on Ch 4, v. 1 says that, and obviously no limit > > > could be placed on the lifetimes, given the infinite potencies of > > > Brahman.>> > > > > Thanks!. This is a big help. > Lalithambika may or may not be that oldest name but it is the most > elaborate conception. If you aren't aware of Lalithambika Sahasranama > rsearch that and you will learn a lot. Ammachi's org puts out a copy > with Narayana Menon's commentary that is quite instructive.>>>
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